Nope! For long running games like you mentioned: Zelda, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Pokemon... they are designed not to be super connected to each other! you can pick N choose and play in any order. I consider myself a pretty big fan of Dragon Quest but I played them in this order: DQ1, DQ2, DQ7 (partially), DQ8 (partially), DQ7 (finished), DQ8 (finished), DQ3 (partially), DQ4 (finished). I still have DQ5, DQ6, DQ9, and DQ11 but I don't really care what order I'll get to them in. DQ8 and DQ11 are great to start with.
Final fantasy has a huge amount of mainline entries, almost 16 now. Definitely wouldn't recommend starting at FF1, I tried playing that recently and it's pretty awful.
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Re: Talking Point: Is It Ever A Good Idea To Start At 'The Beginning' Of Series Like Zelda Or Dragon Quest?
Nope! For long running games like you mentioned: Zelda, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Pokemon... they are designed not to be super connected to each other! you can pick N choose and play in any order. I consider myself a pretty big fan of Dragon Quest but I played them in this order: DQ1, DQ2, DQ7 (partially), DQ8 (partially), DQ7 (finished), DQ8 (finished), DQ3 (partially), DQ4 (finished). I still have DQ5, DQ6, DQ9, and DQ11 but I don't really care what order I'll get to them in. DQ8 and DQ11 are great to start with.
Final fantasy has a huge amount of mainline entries, almost 16 now. Definitely wouldn't recommend starting at FF1, I tried playing that recently and it's pretty awful.